Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn Movie Just Hired An Asian Female Director
Cathy Yan is the first Asian woman to direct a DC film
By Annabelle Fernandez - published
Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn spinoff movie is one step closer to starting production—DC just tapped director Cathy Yan to lead the project.
Yan joins the DC Universe after debuting her first feature, Dead Pigs, at Sundance in January. She's a former Wall Street Journal reporter and makes history as the first Asian woman to direct a movie based on a DC Comics property, Variety reports. Last year, Patty Jenkins became the first woman to direct a DC film with Wonder Woman, and Ava DuVernay recently signed on to direct the upcoming New Gods